Fall Branch vs Jonesborough

A side-by-side comparison of Fall Branch and Jonesborough: population, income, housing, and more.

Fall Branch and Jonesborough are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jonesborough has the higher population (6,056 vs 1,077 in Fall Branch). Jonesborough has the higher median household income ($63,155 vs $49,083 in Fall Branch). Jonesborough has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $152,200 in Fall Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
Population	1,077	6,056
Median age	48.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,083	$63,155
Median home value	$152,200	$247,900
Median gross rent	$829	$1,103
Housing units	548	2,761
Homeownership rate	82.1%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
Population	1,403 → 1,077 (-23.2%)	5,427 → 6,056 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $49,083 (-7.0%)	$56,550 → $63,155 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $152,200 (+3.9%)	$169,000 → $247,900 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $829 (+49.1%)	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)

Fall Branch

Population

1,4031,077

Median household income

$52,750$49,083

Median home value

$146,500$152,200

Median gross rent

$556$829

Jonesborough

Population

5,4276,056

Median household income

$56,550$63,155

Median home value

$169,000$247,900

Median gross rent

$952$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
Under 5	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	20.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	11.0%
75 and over	7.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
Drove alone	89.9%	67.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
1-unit, detached	71.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fall Branch	Jonesborough
Poverty rate	19.7%	13.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1978	1988